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BERLIN Dec 6 (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel and
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to disagree on the question
of Israeli plans to build more Jewish settlements, the
chancellor said on Thursday.

"We agreed that we disagree on this," Merkel said at a news
conference with Netanyahu in Berlin. "We in Germany believe the
work on a two-state solution must be continued ... we must keep
trying to come to negotiations and one-sided moves should be
avoided," she added.